BUTLER, Capt W F

Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, marbled page edges, x + 386pp, illus, folding map of British America to secret pocket to rear pastedown, VG (light to moderate rubbing & chafing/scuffing to leatherwork, light chafing & surface loss to boards, minor discolouration to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor soiling to map with 1cm loss to fold of map also)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1873

KEYWORDS: travel history writing literature America historical Captain W F Butler

MERCER, The Late GENERAL CAVALIE

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spines, marbled page edges, vol 1- xii + 369pp, vol 2- viii + 347pp, VG+ (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor scuffing to spine extrems- sl surface loss, light tanning to page edges light to moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1, occasional light smattering of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1870

KEYWORDS: journals diaries war waterloo battles history military Napoleon Bonaparte General Cavalie Mercer campaigns 1815 first editions

JAMES, WILLIAM & CHAMIER, CAPTAIN

6 VOL SET, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces to vols 1+2 only, mixed pagination, illus, folding charts to rear, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light rubbing to spines, moderate crackling & bruising to sine of vol 6, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light to moderate soiling to eps, light cracking to some gutters, minor foxing & soiling throughout each vol, minor creasing & foxing/soiling to folding charts, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street 1837

KEYWORDS: military history Great Britain British navy naval early 19th nineteenth century warfare

BERRY, SUSAN (Ed) & HERBERT, THEO

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps, 333pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges & chipping)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Hunts' Association Incorporated 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand hunting history hounds Theo Herbert

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink stiff card covers, blank brown cloth spine, black lettering to front board only, lxvi (total) + 472pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (heavy peeling to paper cover on heavy boards- cover paper completely missing to rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, many page edges remain uncut, moderate tanning & soiling to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers 1880

KEYWORDS: New Zealand institute transactions proceedings history historical reports 1879 19th nineteenth century

SMITH, N E (Compiled by)

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 156pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing, scuffing & soiling to spine & covers with some foxing also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, loss of adhesion to glue at rear gutter- rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flight aviation directories history past issues White's 60s sixties companies businesses

BENNETTS, ERIC (Compiled by)

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, printed eps, 224pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine, moderate soiling & creasing to covers, moderate staining at binding/string, light foxing throughout, gutters v delicate & heavily cracked- some pages detached but still present)

PUBLISHER: NZ Newspapers 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby league sport history annuals 1930s thirties past issues years data statistics

SMITH, N E (Compiled by)

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, illus/printed eps, 160pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flight aviation directories history past issues White's 60s sixties companies businesses

INGRAM, BRUCE (Ed)

Folio softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Illustrated London News 1954

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill former British prime ministers politics political leaders history historical tribute London News

COATS, ALICE M

Lg folio hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chancellor Press 1984

KEYWORDS: botany botanical art paintings flowers history historical

WRIGHT, GERRY

8vo, illus light card covers, xiv + 248 pp., VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to covers, light bruising & creasing to edges/joints & extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Zenith Print n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France nuclear experiments weapon testing 1973 20th century protest history

FISHWICK, HENRY (ed)

8vo, green buckram blind panelled bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, emblem in blind to front & rear board, fore-edge deckled, viii + 370 + [1 (errata)] pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, lg tear to cl at fore-edge of front board, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, cracking to front hing & central gutters, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Clegg 1888

KEYWORDS: Parish register population social history custom habits 16th 17th century

SABOR, RUDOLPH

5 VOL SET. 8vo, light card covers, french flaps, frontis., Die Walkure: 198 pp., Gotterdammerung: 208 pp., Siegfried: 230 pp., Der Ring: 254 pp., Das Rheingold: 183 pp., illus., scores, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling/fading to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light creasing to joints (esp Das Rheingold), sl soiling & tanning to pg edges), in plastic slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1997

KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner Ring cycle Opera literature music history libretto

WAKEFIELD, WALTER L & EVANS, AUSTIN P

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 865pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards & spine, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris blind stamp/embossed to title page)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: heretics heresies middle ages history historical Europe translations

OUTKA, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising & fading to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: first editions history criticism modernism English literature consumption economics psychology commerce marketing

BARKER, MARGARET

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 166pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)

PUBLISHER: T&T Clark 1996

KEYWORDS: theology reilgion religious literature writings history Jesus Christianity

BENNETT, A G

FIRST EDITION, INSRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 222pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning to spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wm Blackwood & Sons 1931

KEYWORDS: zoology hunting maritime whales whaling south pole antarctic history stations anatomy signed first editions

BERSTEN, IAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red & white lettering to spine, viii + 197pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Helian Books 1999

KEYWORDS: history coffee culture humour humor caffeine harmful substances sex virility

HOGELAND, WILLIAM

Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 2012

KEYWORDS: finance history economics debt public politics political government

MATTHEWS, CAITLIN & MATTHEWS, JOHN (Intro) & FALCONER, MEG (Pictures)

Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's ex-libris embossed/stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Gothic Image Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: King Arthur arthurian legends holy grail medieval literature historical history